Amend CSHB 1856 by adding the following appropriately
numbered sections and renumbering existing sections appropriately:
       SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 411, Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 411.0211 to read as follows:
      Sec. 411.0211.  RETIRED TEXAS RANGERS.  (a)  An honorably
retired or retiring member of the department who has served at
least 10 years as a Texas Ranger is entitled on application to the
department to retain the person's rank and commission as a Texas
Ranger if:
            (1)  the person's license as a peace officer has not
expired and has not been revoked by the Commission on Law
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Section 415.060;
and
            (2)  the person agrees to be bound by the restrictions
and requirements of this section.
      (b)  A Texas Ranger commissioned under this section:
            (1)  does not have administrative authority over any
other Texas Ranger or any member of the department; and
            (2)  is not connected with any ranger company or
uniformed division of the department.
      (c)  A Texas Ranger commissioned under this section is
subject to the orders of the commission and the governor for
special duty to the same extent as other law enforcement officers
provided for by this chapter. A Texas Ranger commissioned under
this section serves without compensation except when called for
special duty that lasts for more than three consecutive days.
      (d)  The department shall revoke a Texas Ranger commission
issued under this section if:
            (1)  the Texas Ranger's license as a peace officer is
revoked under Section 415.060; or
            (2)  the department determines after a procedure
conducted in accordance with Section 411.007 that the Texas Ranger
violated a rule of the department and that an active Texas Ranger
who violated the same rule would be discharged from the department.
      SECTION ____.  Section 411.023, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      Sec. 411.023.  SPECIAL RANGERS AND SPECIAL DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. (a)  The commission may appoint as special
department of public safety officers <ranger> honorably retired
commissioned officers of the department and may appoint not more
than 300 <other> persons as special rangers.
      (b)  A special ranger or special department of public safety
officer is subject to the orders of the commission and the governor
for special duty to the same extent as other law enforcement
officers provided for by this chapter, except that a special ranger
or special department of public safety officer may not enforce a
law except one the violation of which is a criminal offense
<designed to protect life and property> and may not enforce a law
regulating the use of a state highway by a motor vehicle. A special
ranger or special department of public safety officer is not
connected with a ranger company or uniformed unit of the
department.
      (c)  Before issuance of a commission to a special ranger the
person shall enter into a good and sufficient bond executed by a
surety company authorized to do business in the state in the amount
of $2,500, approved by the director, and indemnifying all persons
against damages resulting from an unlawful act of the special
ranger.
      (d)  A special ranger or special department of public safety
officer is not entitled to compensation from the state for service
as a special ranger or as a special department of public safety
officer except when called to active duty for a period of more than
three consecutive days.
      (e)  A special ranger commission expires January 1 of the
first odd-numbered year after appointment. The director may revoke
a special ranger or special department of public safety officer
commission at any time for cause.
      SECTION ____.  Section 415.034(e), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (e)  An honorably retired commissioned officer of the
Department of Public Safety who is a special ranger under Section
411.023 and an honorably retired Texas Ranger who is commissioned
under Section 411.0211 may not be required to undergo training
under Subsection (b).
      SECTION ____.  If more than 300 persons serve as special
rangers under Section 411.023, Government Code, as amended by this
Act, on the effective date of this Act, the Texas Department of
Public Safety may allow current members to serve until their
commissions expire but the department may not appoint or reappoint
special rangers while the number of special rangers exceeds 300.